Automatic stock-watering apparatus.



U'NiTED v STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. MCOOURT, on OAKLAND,,mmanSKA.I

AUTOMATIC -sTooK-WATERING APPARA'U :SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7i-30,144, dated June 2, 1 903.H

v Application led February 24,' 1903. Serial No. 144,792. (No niodel.)l

in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements inv automatic stock-Watering vapparatus espe; cially adapted for watering poultry and the.

smaller animals; andl it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices hereinafter .described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical sectional view of a stock-watering apparatus embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the trough. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the'sarne, showing the trough tilted in position to discharge its contents. Y p

In the embodiment of my invention here shown there'is `provided a reservoir-tank 1, which may be of any suitable construction and in which is submerged a float-chamber 2, which may be either of the form here shown or of any other suitable construction and is provided with a water supply opening 3. The said opening is here shown as surrounded y .by a strainer l. In the said chamber 2 is a float 5, which is carried by a lever G, the latter being fulcrumed, as at 7, and connected at one end to a valve 8, which operates in the opening 3 and is adapted to close and open the same, the float rising and falling with the Water-level in the float-chamber, as will be understood. On one side of the reservoirtank is a drinking-trough 9, which is disposed in a suitable casing 10 and is pivoted at its ends, as at 11, so that the said trough is adapted to be inclined by turning it on its pivotal supports to discharge its contents.

In one side of the reservoir-tank is an opening 12, through which extends a tubular sleeve 13, the same being securely clamped to one side of the reservoir-tank by meansof plates or other suitable devices 14:, which are here shown as provided with clamping-bolts 15. The inner end oflthe said tubular sleeve extends into the iioat-chamber through. an opening inoneside thereof In the tubular sleeve 13 and fitting snugly `therein is a siphon or discharge pipe 16, which vis adapted to be turned in they said tubular` sleeve and also to belmoved longitudinally therein. The inner end ofVV the said siphon or discharge pipe is adapted to b e downturned, so that its lower end will be submerged in the Water in the float-chamber, and the `outer end of the said discharge-pipe is adapted to be similarly disposed in the drinkinggtrough 9. The construction of the float 5 and the intake end of the siphon or discharge pipe and their'relation are such that when the siphon or discharge pipe is moved outwardly, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, the float is. adapted to operate, and when the siphon-pipe is moved inwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,

its intake end rides over the float and depresses the latter, hence causing the-valve S to be opened. I also provide a cover 17 for that portion of the siphon or discharge pipe which is disposed above the drinking-trough,

said -cover beingpivoted at one side to the` casing 10, in which the drinking-trough is disposed, and being adaptedthereby to be lowered to cover the outer end of thesiphon or discharge pipe Vand also to be-rais'ed to uncover the same.

Theoperation of my invention is as follows: Assuming the drinking-trough to be empty and no water to be iiowing thereto, the siphon or discharge pipe is moved inwardly to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, thereby causing the valve 8 to open and Water to enter the iioat-chamber through the opening 3 from the reservoir-tank and to iiow through the siphon or discharge pipe 16 to the watering trough. As soon as the flow commences said pipe 16 is drawn outwardly tothe position shown in full lines ink said Fig. 1, and thereafter the float and valve operate automatically in connection with thesiphon or discharge pipe to supply water to theY trough as fast as the same is consumed therein,'..as will be understood. To discontinue the operation of the apparatus, the siphon or discharge pipe 16 may be partly turned to raise and this also enables said siphon or' discharge pipe to be drained to prevent Water from freezing therein in cold Weather. The cover 17 prevents the siphon or discharge pipe from. being disturbed or broken by the animals, as Will be understood.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction and combination of devices herein shown and described, as it is evident that modifications may be made therein Without departing from the spirit of my invention and Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In apparatus of the class described, the combination of a reservoir, a iioatschamber having valved communication therewith, a fioat in said chamber to operate said valve, and a Siphon-pipe leading from said chamber, said siphon-pipe being adapted to coact with the float to maintain'the Valve in an open position to establish siphonic action in said pipe, substantially as described.

2. In apparatus of the class described, the combination of a reservoir, a oatehamber having valved communication therewith, a iioat in said chamber to operate said valve, and a Siphon-pipe leading from said floatchamber, said Siphon-pipe being longitudinally movable and adapted to coact with the iioat to maintain the valve initially in an open position, substantially as described.

3. In apparatus ot the class described, the combination of a reservoir, a heat-chamber havingl valved communication therewith, a float in said chamber to operate said valve, and a Siphon-pipe leading from said oatchamber, said Siphon-pipe being longitudinally movable and also adapted to be turned to raise and lower its intake and discharge ends, substantially as described.

4f. An apparatus of the class described, conn prising a reservoir-tank and Heat-chamber, a valve to establish communication between the latter and the reservoir-tank,a iioat connected to the valve to automatically operate the same, said oat being disposed in the Heat-chamber, a sleeve extending through one side of the res-u ervoir tank, a siphon -pipe longitudinally movable in said sleeve and also adapted for rotation therein and having an intake end adapted to be submerged in the Water in the float-chamber, and a drinking vessel into Which said siphon-pipc discharges, substantially as described.

5. In apparatus of the class described, a casing, a pivoted trough carried thereby, a Water supply apparatus having a spout discharging into the trough, and a cover connected to the casing and adapted to house said spout, sub stantially as described.

6. In apparatus of the class described, the

combination of a valved float chamber, a

source of Water, a float in said chamber adapted to automatically operate said valve, and a discharge-conduit adapted for coaction with the valve to maintain the latter in an open position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN J. MCCOURT. .Vitnesses:

VICTOR L. FRIED, IRA THOMAS. 

